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Personal information | ||||
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Full name | Dale Willem Steyn | |||
Born | {{ |1983|6|27|df=yes}} Phalaborwa, Transvaal Province, South Africa | |||
Nickname | Steyn Remover, Steyn Gun, Phalaborwa Express | |||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||
Batting style | Right handed | |||
Bowling style | Right arm fast | |||
Role | Bowler | |||
International information | ||||
National side | South Africa | |||
Test debut (cap 297) | 17 December 2004 v England | |||
Last Test | 5 January 2018 v India | |||
ODI debut (cap 82) | 17 August 2005 v Asia XI | |||
Last ODI | 12 October 2016 v Australia | |||
ODI shirt no. | 8 | |||
T20I debut (cap 31) | 23 November 2007 v New Zealand | |||
Last T20I | 28 March 2016 v Sri Lanka | |||
Domestic team information | ||||
Years | Team | |||
2003–2004 | Northerns | |||
2004–2010 | Titans | |||
2005 | Essex | |||
2007 | Warwickshire | |||
2008–2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 2) | |||
2011–2012 | Deccan Chargers (squad no. 8) | |||
2010–2016 | Cape Cobras (squad no. 8) | |||
2012 | Brisbane Heat (squad no. 1) | |||
2013–2015 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 8) | |||
2016 | Gujarat Lions | |||
2017–present | Titans | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | Test | ODI | T20I | FC |
Matches | 86 | 116 | 42 | 129 |
Runs scored | 1,178 | 298 | 15 | 1,686 |
Batting average | 14.19 | 8.27 | 3.00 | 14.28 |
100s/50s | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/4 |
Top scores | 76 | 35 | 5 | 82 |
Balls bowled | 17,391 | 5,821 | 901 | 25.111 |
Wickets | 419 | 180 | 58 | 578 |
Bowling average | 22.32 | 26.62 | 17.39 | 23.29 |
5 wickets in innings | 26 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
10 wickets in match | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Best bowling | 7/51 | 6/39 | 4/9 | 8/41 |
Catches/stumpings | 23/0 | 26/0 | 11/0 | 29/0 |
Source: Cricinfo, 11 March 2018 |
Dale Willem Steyn (born 27 June 1983) is a South African cricketer who plays in Tests, T20 Internationals and One Day International cricket for South Africa. Steyn plays domestic cricket in South Africa for Titans. He is a right-arm fast bowler, and can bowl at speeds of around 145–156 km/h (his fastest being recorded at 156.2 km/h during the 2010 IPL, Bangalore Royal Challengers against Kolkata Knight Riders). His fastest ball in international cricket was clocked at 155.7 km/h (96.8 mph) against New Zealand, making him tied for 4th fastest active bowler with Lasith Malinga as of 3 January 2015. Steyn held the record for the fastest South African to reach 100 wickets in Test Match cricket, a feat he achieved on 2 March 2008. Before Ravichandran Ashwin broke the record, Steyn held the record of taking the most number of wickets – 78 – in a home season, 2007–08.
Steyn is widely regarded as the best fast bowler of his generation and also one of the greatest test bowlers of all time. He currently has the best bowling strike rate of all time in Test match cricket (amongst bowlers who have bowled a minimum of 10,000 deliveries). Steyn achieved a tally of 78 wickets at an average of 16.24 in Season 2007/08 and was subsequently rewarded with the prestigious ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year Award. He was named one of the |Wisden cricketers of the year in 2013.
He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2013 in 2014 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Steyn dominated the number one spot in the ICC test rankings during the peak of his career, for a record 263 weeks between 2008 and 2014. Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan sits next on the list with 214 weeks. In terms of days, Steyn has spent 2,356 days at the top as of 6 October 2016, the most by any bowler since World War II. In October 2012, former South African test cricketer Allan Donald called the South African pace attack, which Steyn was part of, alongside Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel, the best South Africa has ever produced. Steyn played a cameo as himself in the 2014 Hollywood film Blended.
International five-wicket hauls[]
Test Cricket[]
Test Five-wicket hauls of Dale Steyn | ||||||
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# | Match Figures | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Season |
1 | 5/47 | 4 | ![]() |
Centurion, South Africa | SuperSport Park | 2005/06 |
2 | 5/82 | 8 | ![]() |
Colombo, Sri Lanka | P Sara Oval | 2006 |
3 | 5/56 | 12 | ![]() |
Karachi, Pakistan | National Stadium | 2006/07 |
4 | 5/34 | 14 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2007/08 |
5 | 5/59 | 14 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2007/08 |
6 | 6/49 | 15 | ![]() |
Centurion, South Africa | SuperSport Park | 2007/08 |
7 | 6/72 | 18 | ![]() |
Durban, South Africa | Kingsmead | 2007/08 |
8 | 5/23 | 22 | ![]() |
Ahmedabad, India | Sardar Patel Stadium | 2007/08 |
9 | 5/63 | 25 | ![]() |
Bloemfontein, South Africa | OUTsurance Oval | 2008/09 |
10 | 5/87 | 28 | ![]() |
Melbourne, Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2008/09 |
11 | 5/67 | 28 | ![]() |
Melbourne, Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2008/09 |
12 | 5/51 | 35 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2009/10 |
13 | 7/51 | 37 | ![]() |
Nagpur, India | VCA Stadium | 2009/10 |
14 | 5/29 | 38 | ![]() |
Port of Spain, West Indies | Queen's Park Oval | 2010 |
15 | 6/50 | 45 | ![]() |
Durban, South Africa | Kingsmead | 2010/11 |
16 | 5/75 | 46 | ![]() |
Cape Town, South Africa | Newlands | 2010/11 |
17 | 5/73 | 50 | ![]() |
Durban, South Africa | Kingsmead | 2011/12 |
18 | 5/56 | 55 | ![]() |
London, England | The Oval | 2012 |
19 | 5/17 | 62 | ![]() |
Port Elizabeth, South Africa | St George's Park | 2013 |
20 | 6/8 | 63 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2013 |
21 | 5/52 | 63 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2013 |
22 | 6/100 | 69 | ![]() |
Durban, South Africa | Kingsmead Sahara Stadium | 2013 |
23 | 5/54 | 73 | ![]() |
Galle, Sri Lanka | Galle | 2014 |
24 | 5/46 | 75 | ![]() |
Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 2014 |
25 | 6/34 | 76 | ![]() |
Centurion, South Africa | SuperSport Park | 2014/15 |
26 | 5/33 | 84 | ![]() |
Centurion, South Africa | SuperSport Park | 2016 |
Test Ten-wicket hauls of Dale Steyn | ||||||
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# | Match Figures | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Season |
1 | 10/93 | 14 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2007/08 |
2 | 10/91 | 15 | ![]() |
Centurion, South Africa | SuperSport Park | 2007/08 |
3 | 10/154 | 28 | ![]() |
Melbourne, Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2008/09 |
4 | 10/108 | 37 | ![]() |
Nagpur, India | Vidarbha Cricket Ass. Stadium | 2009/10 |
5 | 11/60 | 63 | ![]() |
Johannesburg, South Africa | Wanderers Stadium | 2013 |
External links[]
- Cricinfo
- Dale Steyn at Wisden India
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